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Ooh, the best? That’s a hard question, because there are so many good ones to choose from. To try and winnow ten years into one best episode is like picking one favorite star out of the sky. (My vote is for the Pleiades.) My favorites are “The Final Sacrifice” and “Quest of the Delta Knights,” but I have to say that the best episodes are probably the classics “Pod People” and “Manos: The Hands of Fate.” Both feature truly craptacular movies, and the riffing is spot-on. “Manos” also gave us Torgo, possibly one of the best things to happen to the fandom.

Growing up, I preferred Mike, just because most of the episodes I had seen were Mike episodes. This year I tried to watch my way through the entire run (not easy; I gave out midway through season 4), and Joel has a lot of good points, too. He is totally adorkable, and I love the father-child relationships he has with the bots. On the other hand, Mike is a little more sarcastic – more my style – and I loved the buddy-buddy dynamic between him and the bots. Plus, Mike is a little more active within the fandom nowadays, so while I think the general fandom consensus is Joel, and I can see why, I prefer Mike.

3. What are your top three favorite Middleman exclamations? (Because it's too hard to pick just one!)

(in no particular order)
Mutual of Omaha!
What the monkey?!
Eyes without a face! (Solely for the way MM charges the toy shop owner. I wonder how many takes got messed up by someone laughing.)

I was pretty turned off by MM/Lacey because he was so much older than her (and I didn't like the way the show kept "forcing the issue"), but I found myself reading a lot of MM/Dubbie fanfic for some reason. I quickly realized the hypocrisy, so now I am strictly an everybody-is-friends girl. I do still think MM and Wendy would make a great pair - fighting the good fight and all that - but only if she were maybe 8-10 years older. Additionally, I know what it’s like to go 9 years waiting for a ‘ship to become canon (*coughJAGcough*), so ever since, I have been very reluctant to get myself shipping anybody on any show.

I do cross-stitch and bead jewelry, but I’ve also taken up heraldic drawing/painting. I’ve also done some photoshopping, which is great fun.